In memoriam

Kuzmá Petrov-Vodkin

Jvalynsk, 1878-15 de febrero de 1939, Leningrado

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He became an Associate of the RA in 1864, rising to become President (1878-96). Male Figure (1865), Mrs James Guthrie (1866), Courtyard of a Mosque (1867) & the Isle of Chios (c1867). His success meant that he was able to gain financially from the society portrait market.

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Ruth Margarete Röllig (1878-1969) wrote a guide to the Berlin lesbian scene in 1928 called “Berlins lesbische Frauen”. She wrote, “Here each one can find their own happiness, for they make a point of satisfying every taste.”

(Painting by German artist Jeanne Mammen, also 1928)

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Today's dose of beauty: four illustrations by English book and comics artist Charles Folkard (1878-1963).

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Rinsaku Akamatsu (1878-1953)

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本日もゆるっとオープン中。
寒くて暖房の真下にてワタシ暖風に吹かれてます。
~LA VIE PARISIENNE~
1925年9月12日号の裏表紙です。
アールデコスタイルなイラストがカッコいい1枚です。
イラストレーター:Zyg Brunner (1878-1961)

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Three Illustrations (1916) by Frank C. Papé (1878-1972) from The Russian Story Book - a collection of 15 stories from Russia, 'retold' by Richard Wilson and published in 1916.

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American Illustrator, Donn P. Crane (1878-1944).

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Otto Eduard Pippel (1878-1960). Peonies.

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Winter at Flatford by Alfred Munnings (1878-1959)
(Private Collection)

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Art by Marcello Dudovich (1878-1962 in Milan). Dudovich was an Italian painter, illustrator, and poster designer.

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Cherub's Song (1878-1881), by Félicien Rops art

That is no cherub, that is a portly prostitute.

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L'Amour Mouché, Venus and Cupid-Love blowing his nose (1878-1881), by Félicien Rops

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Madame at the Table, 1933
Karl Hofer (German, 1878-1955)
Oil on canvas.

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7 décembre 1878: naissance de Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) écrivaine japonaise, poétesse, pionnière féministe, pacifiste, réformatrice de l'ordre social.
1921: fonde le Bunka Gakuin, institut culturel à Surugadai avec des associés. 1re école mixte du Japon. Veut égalité ds éducation.

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Three Illustrations (1916) by Frank C. Papé (1878-1972) from The Russian Story Book [Richard Wilson].

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Emil Otto Hoppé (1878-1972)
1930s

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